搜索枯肠
sōu suǒ kū cháng
Pinyin

Definition

搜索枯肠
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sōu suǒ kū cháng
  1. to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

探索
tàn suǒ
  1. 1 to explore
  2. 2 to probe
搜狐
Sōu hú
  1. 1 Sohu, Chinese web portal and online media company
搜索
sōu suǒ
  1. 1 to search (a place)
  2. 2 to search (a database etc)
枯燥
kū zào
  1. 1 dry and dull
  2. 2 uninteresting
  3. 3 dry-as-dust
检索
jiǎn suǒ
  1. 1 to retrieve (data)
  2. 2 to look up
  3. 3 retrieval
  4. 4 search
不假思索
bù jiǎ sī suǒ
  1. 1 to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
  2. 2 to fire from the hip
干枯
gān kū
  1. 1 withered
  2. 2 dried up
利索
lì suo
  1. 1 nimble
勒索
lè suǒ
  1. 1 to blackmail
  2. 2 to extort
导火索
dǎo huǒ suǒ
  1. 1 fuse (for explosive)
思索
sī suǒ
  1. 1 to think deeply
  2. 2 to ponder
搜
sōu
  1. 1 to search
搜刮
sōu guā
  1. 1 to rake in (money)
  2. 2 to plunder
  3. 3 to milk people dry
搜寻
sōu xún
  1. 1 to search
  2. 2 to look for
搜捕
sōu bǔ
  1. 1 to hunt and arrest (fugitives)
  2. 2 to track down and arrest
  3. 3 a manhunt
搜狗
Sōu gǒu
  1. 1 Sougou (searching dog) search engine, www.sogou.com
搜罗
sōu luó
  1. 1 to gather
  2. 2 to collect
  3. 3 to bring together
搜集
sōu jí
  1. 1 to gather
  2. 2 to collect
摸索
mō suo
  1. 1 to feel about
  2. 2 to grope about
  3. 3 to fumble
  4. 4 to do things slowly
枯木
kū mù
  1. 1 dead tree

Idioms (11)

不假思索
bù jiǎ sī suǒ
  1. 1 to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
  2. 2 to fire from the hip
冥思苦索
míng sī kǔ suǒ
  1. 1 to mull over (idiom)
  2. 2 to think long and hard
冢中枯骨
zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ
  1. 1 dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried
按图索骥
àn tú suǒ jì
  1. 1 lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines
  3. 3 to try and find sth with the help of a clue
搜索枯肠
sōu suǒ kū cháng
  1. 1 to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)
搜肠刮肚
sōu cháng guā dù
  1. 1 to search one's guts and belly (idiom); to racks one's brains for a solution
敲诈勒索
qiāo zhà lè suǒ
  1. 1 extortion and blackmail (idiom)
枯木逢春
kū mù féng chūn
  1. 1 lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get a new lease on life
  3. 3 to be revived
  4. 4 (of a difficult situation) to suddenly improve
海枯石烂
hǎi kū shí làn
  1. 1 lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. forever
  3. 3 until the end of time
澡垢索疵
zǎo gòu suǒ cī
  1. 1 to wash the dirt to find a defect (idiom); to find fault
  2. 2 to nitpick
费人思索
fèi rén sī suǒ
  1. 1 to think oneself to exhaustion (idiom)

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